Frazier won the Derby in about as dramatic fashion as you possibly could. He was down to last seconds in all three rounds. He won all three walk-off style, if you will, as the high-seeded hitter. Great American Ball Park was roaring on every swing he took.

"It's pretty much like a dream," Frazier said. "It sunk in a little bit. I watched a little video of it. You think about it. It gets you happy again. It's a pretty cool feeling. I really can't believe what happened."

Frazier said the best part of the Derby win was having his family there.

"Holding my son afterward," he said. "It was such a moment for me and my family. . . Everybody on their feet at the end was awesome."

Frazier was sore Tuesday. He took 36 swings in each of the three rounds. "That's amazing," he said. "We didn't plan that." A typical batting practice session is 24 swings, and the first two rounds you're just getting loose.

"The first time I got tired was the last minute of the second round," he said. "You know I'm down three home runs. You gotta go, you gotta go. I'm yelling at my brother. I'm yelling at the umpires. That's way it goes."

Frazier's personal dream week continued Tuesday. He, his wife Jackie and infant son Blake rode in the Red Carpet Parade.

"It was pretty raucous wherever we went — in a good way," Frazier said.

"You think about the Home Run Derby, but this is the real deal," Frazier said. "It's the All-Star Game. It's what you strive to do at the beginning of the year. It's even more special at your home park. I'm batting second which is pretty cool. Hopefully, I get two or three at-bats and we get a W."

"I don't know what they've got planned," Frazier said. "But it will be epic. We know how much they adore him here."

Frazier is a Rose fan.

"I love the guy to death," he said. "I get the goosebumps anytime someone gets a standing ovation, especially for him since I know him well now. I can see him tearing up. This is his time."

Frazier said Cincinnati has done a great job of hosting.

"Above and beyond," he said. "Yesterday, the crowd was going nuts. Once Marlana (VanHoose) sang the National Anthem and they called out (Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr.). . . It doesn't get much better than that.

"Now, I can't wait to see what they do with Pete Rose and the other guys, Johnny Bench. You know how it is here when it comes to those guys."

HOW FAST? Aroldis Chapman, Reds closer/All-Star, was asked how fast he could throw if he just let it loose.

Chapman may have been being modest. He's hit 103 regularly in his last two outings.

YADIER/PHILLIPS: St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina is using Brandon Phillips' locker for the All-Star Game. Molina and Phillips had a dust-up in 2010 that led to the major brawl between the Reds and Cardinals.

They've since reconciled. "Coincidence," a Reds official said about the locker arrangement.